"I have plenty of time for it, I'd just prefer to not stay in the desert." LeeRoy's lisping and droning was noticeably going away as the pain relievers were wearing off, and the pain was starting to surge through his face. "You'll need to stick some pieces of metal or ceramic underneath each of the landing pads, also tear off the wheels. It'll spread the weight a bit more evenly. Allowing you to drag them without resistance. But if you leave the wheels on there it will start to sink into the sand again." His right hand pointed at the dangling pieces of metal from the roof, covered in wiring and dripping sparks like water. 

"Now, while I'm not certain about this planet's rotation. Generally deserts are east of water bodies and west of inland areas, so I'm going to assume the best direction to go is east. Against the flow of the wind but we're certain to reach a habitable zone faster than we would a body of water. And only one of them would be useful to us." He didn't even pause to catch a breath, he was busy reconfiguring the console. Some of the buttons were totally shattered, the rest were only partially functional. He had to find one that worked perfectly to raise the gear. Otherwise it was going to be a very long time before reaching the inland area. 

"I'm going to bet that there's a few lengths of tubing that once connected the engine to the rest of the ship. Feel free to rip those out and use those, they're going to be strong enough to support the weight of the ship." 

'But how will we get the ship started again if there's nothing connecting the engine to the rest?'

"I've got a helping hand here, I don't have to worry about that. So as long as he's capable of following orders we should be able to get the ship running in only a few days."

'This guy? Following orders? Sure.'

The woman had a point, even though LeeRoy didn't bother to respond. Other than a convincing argument there really wasn't much that LeeRoy could do to get Maxwell to do anything for him. That was a problem that would arise later, and would be dealt with then. Now they had to focus on getting out of the desert.